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Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 Recap and Highlights

February 21, 2019 by Valarie Budayr

Hard to believe it’s approaching nearly 30 days since the mind-blowing awesome MCBD 2019 (1/25/19) celebration and we can promise all of you that we are still recovering!

The MCBD team was touched and elevated by the overwhelming support and enthusiasm surrounding our diverse children’s literature online celebration. In the days following the crescendo of the event, and our crazy-fun annual Twitter Party,  we all have spent hours sifting through the amazing camaraderie, comments, reviews, classroom celebrations, and touching kudos that were offered up during our on and offline global event.

“I can hardly believe this is the sixth year for MCCBD. Look what you started! It is amazing and has and will continue to have an impact on many children, families, and teachers.” Claire Noland- A Field Trip Life

Here is the Summary of Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019.

REMINDER: MCBD will be moving from an “every January 27th” celebration date to a “last Friday in January” focus so we don’t interfere with International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Reason We Do What We Do

During the 2019 Multicultural Children’s Book Day celebration, we donated roughly 2,160+ books to young readers, parents, caregivers, educators, and librarians!

Over the course of the last 6 years of this initiative, we’ve given away almost 6, 800 diverse kids’ and YA books to deserving readers!

Nearly 6,800!

The Educators and Librarians that Made the Event Possible

Readers and Teachers Celebrating ReadYourWorld 2019!

The CoHosts that Made the Event Possible

Co-Hosts and Global Co-Hosts

A Crafty Arab, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Biracial Bookworms, Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes, Descendant of Poseidon Reads, Educators Spin on it,  Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read, Joy Sun Bear/ Shearin Lee, Jump Into a Book, Imagination Soup, Jenny Ward’s Class, Kid World Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Raising Race Conscious Children, Shoumi Sen, Spanish Playground

 

The Medallion Level Sponsors that Made the Event Possible

Children’s Book Council, The Junior Library Guild, TheConsciousKid.org.,

Super Platinum: Make A Way Media/ Deirdre “DeeDee” Cummings

GOLD: Bharat Babies, Candlewick Press, Chickasaw Press, Juan Guerra and The Little Doctor / El doctorcito, KidLitTV,  Lerner Publishing Group, Plum Street Press,

SILVER: Capstone Publishing, Carole P. Roman, Author Charlotte Riggle, Huda Essa, The Pack-n-Go Girls,

BRONZE: Charlesbridge Publishing, Judy Dodge Cummings, Author Gwen Jackson, Kitaab World, Language Lizard – Bilingual & Multicultural Resources in 50+ Languages, Lee & Low Books, Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, Redfin, Author Gayle H. Swift,  T.A. Debonis-Monkey King’s Daughter, TimTimTom Books, Lin Thomas, Sleeping Bear Press/Dow Phumiruk, Vivian Kirkfield,

 

The Author Sponsors that Made the Event Possible

2019 Author Sponsors

Julie Flett, Mehrdokht Amini, Author Janet Balletta, Author Kathleen Burkinshaw, Author Josh Funk, Chitra Soundar, One Globe Kids – Friendship Stories, Sociosights Press and Almost a Minyan, Karen Leggett, Author Eugenia Chu, CultureGroove Books, Phelicia Lang and Me On The Page, L.L. Walters, Author Sarah Stevenson, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, Hayley Barrett, Sonia Panigrah, Author Carolyn Wilhelm, Alva Sachs and Dancing Dreidels, Author Susan Bernardo, Milind Makwana and A Day in the Life of a Hindu Kid, Tara Williams, Veronica Appleton, Author Crystal Bowe, Dr. Claudia May, Author/Illustrator Aram Kim, Author Sandra L. Richards, Erin Dealey, Author Sanya Whittaker Gragg, Author Elsa Takaoka, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo, Anita Badhwar, Author Sylvia Liu, Feyi Fay Adventures, Author Ann Morris, Author Jacqueline Jules, CeCe & Roxy Books, Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, LEUYEN PHAM, Padma Venkatraman, Patricia Newman and Lightswitch Learning, Shoumi Sen, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, Traci Sorell, Shereen Rahming, Blythe Stanfel, Christina Matula, Julie Rubini, Paula Chase, Erin Twamley, Afsaneh Moradian, Lori DeMonia, Terri Birnbaum/ RealGirls Revolution, Soulful Sydney, Queen Girls Publications, LLC

The Book Donators that Made the Event Possible

Alice Faye Duncan, Arte Público Press / Piñata Books, Authorhouse, Avant Learning, Baby Ventures Books, Beyond Words Publishing, Boystown Press, Brown Boy Brown Girl, Create Space, Crumpled Paper Publishing, David Michael Slater, Dreambuilt Books, Eifrig Publishing, Eva Harley Chiphe, Fig Factor Media, Flying Books House, Gaku Press, GIANT Graphics,  Islandport Press, Joy Sun Bear, Inc., Julia Inserro, JWS, Kar-Ben Publishing, Kidsjoy, Kind Eye Publishing, LLC, Kwill Books, Lantana Publishing, Maritza M Mejia, Mascot Books, MindView Press, MVP Kids Media, Nomad Press, Page Turner Publishing, PenMagicBooks LLC, Planting People Growing Justice, Sawaga River Press,  sHjstories, Tara Luebbe- author, Tuttle Publishing, Vision Your Dreams, Whimsical World, WOMAGIS, Write My Memoirs LLC,  Yorkshire Publishing,

 

The Book Reviewers  that Made the Event Possible

Over 500 and counting: The number of parents, caregivers, teachers, librarians, and young readers read diverse kidlit and YA books in honor of the event. These reviews can be seen on our every growing Big Giant Linky for 2019 here and here.

The MCBD Board of Advisors that Made the Event Possible

The Partnerships that Made the Event Possible:

THANK YOU Children’s Book Council (CBC) for yet another amazing CBC Book Jam filled with author visits and TONS of giveaways!

#ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019 Cynthia Leitich Smith

Music Video! 

Thank you to Annie Lynn and Walt Wilcezewski for donating their time and expertise to create our first official Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video!

Please support Annie Lynn on her website and YouTube channel!

Special thanks to the kids for their vocals on this song:  Havana Chapman-Edwards, Will, Hailey, and Amanda!

Website Support! Corey at Midstate Design is the guru who keeps the MCBD site running like a dream. We highly recommend his WordPress Care Package Extras Package.

Swag! The official supplier of our MCBD magnets is SwagChimp and they always came through for us!

SwagChimp

The Dream Team that Makes This Event (and Future MCBD Celebrations) Possible

And a final thank you to the team that makes the magic happen during the months before, during, and after each Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Co-founders Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen, Project Manager, Becky Flansburg, and Social Media Manager, Susan Mayfield. Thanks to lots of coffee, naps, meetings, giggles, and trust, this team continues to move mountains year after year.

Shout out to @pragmaticmom @valariebudayr_ @BeckyFlansburg and all the behind the scenes amazing work the @MCChildsBookDay team does!
Another wonderful celebration of Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
Ya’ll are superheroes!! #shero #ReadYourWorld pic.twitter.com/Ner47l8BZi

— Bethany M. Edwards (@biracialbookwrm) January 26, 2019


Multicultural Children’s Book Day Free Resources

Throughout the months of November-January, leading up to the celebratory day, educators, librarians and parents can start planning and preparing with FREE activities available today at www.multiculturalchildrensbookday.com

FREE Classroom “Empathy” Kit:  

The free Classroom Empathy Kit focuses on empathy and compassion through shared booklists and special home or classroom activities. The kit includes 18 book recommends on the topic of Understanding Immigration and Refugees, Classroom Empathy Activities, and a very special custom printable Empathy Poster courtesy of author/illustrator Juana Medina. Educators, parents and librarians can sign-up to receive the free classroom kit here: http://bit.ly/2BGu4uQ

FREE Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate: Understanding Poverty in America Classroom Kit:

Created in 2018, this free classroom kit includes over 2 dozen poverty in the U.S.-themed book recommends for ages 4-12, two classroom or home activities, and a copy of the official “Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate” Classroom Poster thanks to the talents of award-winning illustrator, Mehrdokht Amini. http://bit.ly/2P6cXWE

Free Diversity Book Lists and Activities for Teachers and Parents: Curated lists of books about diverse topics including: countries, religions, holidays, ethnicities, in addition to special needs and LGBTQ. http://bit.ly/1kGZrta

Share a Classroom Celebration: Teachers who host a celebration in the classroom can send in a picture of their party to receive 3 free diverse books and a swag pack as a thank you.  Teachers and librarians can enter their event info HERE (https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/category/offline-classroomlibrary-event-project/)

Don’t forget to connect with Multicultural Children’s Book Day on social media and be sure and look for/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld.

 

Filed Under: Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, 2019 Classroom Poverty Kit, Author Sponsors, CBC Book Jam, Children's Book Council, diverse books, diverse picture books, Multicultural Books for kids, Multicultural Children's Book Day 2019, multicultural children's book day sponsors

Fabulous Freebies for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019

January 20, 2019 by Valarie Budayr

Hard to believe that the 6th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 is just around the corner. As we scurry and scuttle to make sure everything is in place to make this the best MCBD ev-A, we want to take a moment to remind everyone of the plethora of free resources and downloads that this non-profit offers.

#ReadYourWorld FREE Book Resource

Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educatorswill be FREE during the week of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, Jan 23-27, 2019!

 


MCBD Music Video!

This first-ever #ReadYourWorld YouTube video is a great tool for classrooms and homeschool. See how books and familiar faces YOU can spot!

Thank you to Annie Lynn and Walt Wilcezewski for donating their time and expertise to create our first official Read Your World Multicultural Children’s Book Day Music Video!!!

Please support Annie Lynn on her website and YouTube channel!

Special thanks to the kids for their vocals on this song:  Havana Chapman-Edwards, Will, Hailey, and Amanda!

Thank you to Matthew Winner who submitted photos of his students holding books covering their faces.

Thank you to everyone who contributed photos!

And finally, thank you to everyone who supports Multicultural Children’s Book Day! You are all helping children see themselves reflected in the pages of a book.


Big Giant LinkUp of Diverse Book Reviews and Recommends

2018 LinkUp

2017 Linkup

2016 Linkup

 


Gallery of Our Free Posters

Thank you to these talented illustrators (and they are all authors as well!) for donating their time to create a poster on behalf of Multicultural Children’s Book Day!


Downloadable Classroom Poverty Kit 2019

Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate | Understanding Poverty in America

Understanding Poverty in America

This Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018 Poverty Classroom Kit is filled with books, activities, discussion questions, resources, and a free classroom poster to help students understand that Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate. Go here for more details. 


FREE Classroom Empathy Kit is ready to download and share!

Now more than ever, a message of hope, compassion, empathy, and understanding is needed.

Now more than ever, children need to see themselves reflected in the pages of the books they read. Readers of all ages need to be able to “read their world” to both see themselves, and those are who different, whether by culture, religion, sexual orientation, special needs or ethnicity.

Now more than ever, we need to come together as a nation of beautifully diverse people.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day is proud to offer our free Classroom Empathy Kit to help encourage discovery, hope, acceptance, and exploration through the pages of diverse children’s literature. Go HERE to learn more.


Diversity Book Lists and Activities for Teachers and Parents

Diversity booklists for teachers

This is List of Lists so you can find the books you need. Every blue title is a link to more book lists on that topic. Topics include book recommends broken down by country/geographic area, religion, cultures, traditions/holidays/special needs, ethnicity.

Find more diversity, multicultural, and inclusive books on our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Pinterest Board. Follow on Pinterest to get daily updates.


FREE Classroom Kindness Kit is ready to download and share!

Our Kindness Classroom Kit contains:

~ Diverse Kindness Book List for ages 4 -12

~ Classroom Kindness Activities

~ “Be a Hero Be Kind” Kindness Poster

~ Multicultural Children’s Book Day Poster


Watch for the #ReadYourWorld hashtag on social media and share

List of our CoHosts- https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/co-hosts/

Our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MulticulturalChildrensBookDay

Our Twitter https://twitter.com/MCChildsBookDay

Our Instagram Account:  https://www.instagram.com/readyourworldmcbd/

Our Facebook Group {please join!}: https://www.facebook.com/groups/259709034187671/


Mark Your Calendars!

2019 MCBD Twitter Party

Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes!

Twitter Party

Friday, January 25th

9 pm to 10 pm EST

Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld

Register here!

 

As our sixth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on January 25, 2019, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2019 and hope you will, again, join our celebration of diversity through children’s books.

Inlinkz Link Party

Filed Under: Multicultural Booklist Tagged With: 2019 Classroom Poverty Kit, Classroom Empathy Kit, diverse booklist, Diverse Kidlit, FREE Classroom Kit, MCBD resources, multicultural book recommends, Multicultural Children's Book Day 2019

MCBD2019 Poster Reveal and 3 more exciting things

October 5, 2018 by Valarie Budayr

Great things are happening at Multicultural Children’s Book Day headquarters!

*Our Poster Reveal: The official MCBD2019 poster courtesy of author/illustrator, Julie Flett, is ready to take the world by storm! Needless to say, this poster’s beauty blew us away. Go here to read Julie’s story and download a copy for your reading area, library or classroom.

*2019 Sponsorships are OPEN. Go here to lock in your spot (deadline for Sponsor sign-up is 12/15/18). Pass the word! [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Featured, MCBD2019, MCCBD News, MCCBD Updates Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, 2019 Classroom Poverty Kit, 2019 MCBD Sponsorship, book review bloggers, Children's Book Author, diverse books, MCBD2019 Book Reviewer Sign Up, MCBD2019 Sponsors, MCCBD Sponsor, Multicultural Author, multicultural children's book day sponsors

Our Poverty Classroom Kit and 2019 MCBD Sponsorship Info!

September 15, 2018 by Valarie Budayr

Now that the kids are back in school (or college for a few of the MCBD team) things are “full steam ahead” with getting ready for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019.



First, we’d like to remind everyone of the 2019 date change (and future dates for MCBD as well).

Instead of being “every January 27th,” we are shifting to a “last Friday in January” focus so we don’t interfere with International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This change just felt right and we are glad to make this positive move. So, the next Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 will be on January 25, 2019. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Classroom Kit Tagged With: 2019 Classroom Poverty Kit, 2019 MCBD Sponsorship, 2019 Medallion Level Sponsorships, Author Sponsorships 2019, MCBD2019 Sponsors, Sponsorships 2019

FREE Downloadable Classroom Poverty Kit: Understanding Poverty in America

September 4, 2018 by Valarie Budayr

Multicultural Children’s Book Day

 Classroom Poverty Kit 2019

Poverty Doesn’t Discriminate | Understanding Poverty in America

Is ready for download!

Understanding Poverty in America

As our sixth Multicultural Children’s Book Day holiday approaches on January 25, 2019, we are thrilled to have you as part of our amazing community of supporters! With enthusiasm, optimism, and hope, we are preparing for MCBD 2019 and hope you will, again, join our celebration of diversity through children’s books. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2019 MCBD, Classroom Kit Tagged With: 2019 Classroom Poverty Kit, Classroom Poverty Kit, FREE Classroom Kit, Mehrdokht Amini, Poverty booklist, Understanding Poverty in America

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